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potential government waste... and secrecy. in tooight's cover story - melinna roeder - investigates the questions raised about how the cityyspends your tax dollars. 3 15:05:05 ryan) "didn't happen, didn't happen, never happened... neeer happened!" back in may when we asked about questiinable spendinn on a city phone system in may.... the mayor's spokesman adamantly denied anything happeeed. but this 31-page city report... reveals several instances of poor managementa& ncllding possible waate.. (compttoller) 03:23:00 " the taxpayerrs should be outraged and in an uproor that this type of activity is taking place today before this board." city comptroller joan pratt accused the mayor of secretly buying pricey ppone equipment... even as her office was putting out bids for an overhaul of the city's phone syssem the mayor's office denied it did anyyhing wrong. the mayor herself - didn't reaaly wanna talk about it. (mayor) "you are obsessed with this" the accusations led to an investigation by the city's inspectto general's office. a
potential government waste... and secrecy. in tooight's cover story - melinna roeder - investigates the questions raised about how the cityyspends your tax dollars. 3 15:05:05 ryan) "didn't happen, didn't happen, never happened... neeer happened!" back in may when we asked about questiinable spendinn on a city phone system in may.... the mayor's spokesman adamantly denied anything happeeed. but this 31-page city report... reveals several instances of poor managementa& ncllding...
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president obama tells an audieece of black ministers ttat the u-s government negleeted hurricane katrina victiis because of raci. rrcism. 2:10--:43 whole sot:when hurricane andrew sruck in florida they said... heres the money... pbcause youre parr of the american familywhat happened orleans............ makes no sense....bullet hasnt been taken out.. the people down in pew hasnt been taken out.. makes no sense... ullet hhsnt beenaken out.. thh people orleans they don't care about aa much. much.the 40 minute video wass shot in june of 2007 at reverend jeremiah wright was in the audience.he's thee president's former everenn who came under fire during the 2008 presidentiil campaign for his raciaaly chargee sermons. phere's a new head of f-b-i operattons in baltimore. stephen vvgg has bben nammd as the new leader of the city's f-b-i field offiie.vogt started with the agency in 19- 89.his most recent assignment was in afghanistan. 3 the orioles got dominated by tampa bay's pitcher last night.... but still managed to pull out a viccory in the second to last game of he seas. seasoo. but the red
president obama tells an audieece of black ministers ttat the u-s government negleeted hurricane katrina victiis because of raci. rrcism. 2:10--:43 whole sot:when hurricane andrew sruck in florida they said... heres the money... pbcause youre parr of the american familywhat happened orleans............ makes no sense....bullet hasnt been taken out.. the people down in pew hasnt been taken out.. makes no sense... ullet hhsnt beenaken out.. thh people orleans they don't care about aa much....
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>> san francisco is in need of 18,000 affordable housing units says the association of bay area governments. our housing element of you are general plan calls for 60% of new housing to be affordable housing. we need to address this issue head-on and build the affordable housing that this community and this city desperately needs. how do we do that? i think we need to go back to the ballot with an affordable housing bond. we have haven't passed one in san francisco since 1996. we have an opportunity this fall with prop c to support the first permanent dedicated stream of funding for affordable housing. it's on the november ballot. and i encourage everybody to vote for it. on the ballot as well is a business tax restructure to bring in new revenue for the city and many millions of dollars from that, about 13 will be dedicated to the affordable housing so we can ramp up development of affordable housing in san francisco. >> thank you. mr. everett? >> providing affordable housing is a central and extremely important issue. that being said, we also need to look at how we deal with public housing
>> san francisco is in need of 18,000 affordable housing units says the association of bay area governments. our housing element of you are general plan calls for 60% of new housing to be affordable housing. we need to address this issue head-on and build the affordable housing that this community and this city desperately needs. how do we do that? i think we need to go back to the ballot with an affordable housing bond. we have haven't passed one in san francisco since 1996. we have an...
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and we do need government to start taking leadership around the issue. regardless of the merits of this particular proposal, one thing i want to bring to city hall is a locally sourced healthy food insurance. santa clara county recently band all vending machines from their county facilities and i think we can lead by example, whether it's city hall, hospitals or our schools we should insist on healthy foods and healthy food choices and teaching our children how to grow their own food and cooking. so i would like to see an increase in community garden and an increase in the city with leadership around this issue. >> mr. everest is this your third or fourth use of the time card? >> i know i am out of these. [ laughter ] well, if we finish early i will come back to you. >> all right. >> now a question for miss breed and mr. resignato. san francisco currently provides free or low-cost health care to residents who can't afford private health insurance and do not qualify for coverage from the state or federal government? do you agree with funding this for empl
and we do need government to start taking leadership around the issue. regardless of the merits of this particular proposal, one thing i want to bring to city hall is a locally sourced healthy food insurance. santa clara county recently band all vending machines from their county facilities and i think we can lead by example, whether it's city hall, hospitals or our schools we should insist on healthy foods and healthy food choices and teaching our children how to grow their own food and...
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so i think that is one the issues and improving our good government and ethic laws in san francisco. >> miss breed, would you like to address the question? do you want me to repeat it? >> yes. >> sure. a recent chief civil grand jury report, at the request of supervisor campos the city conducted a comparison of laws identifying ways our ethic laws could be strengthened. as supervisor, what would you propose if anything to strength the ethic laws? >> i'm really happy about this kind of question. i teach ethical leadership for a program that trains democratic women to run for office. when i went to university here in san francisco one course i took to get my masters was a course in ethical leadership. i think it's important that ethics are at the core of our educational system starting from pre-k. and i think in terms of strengthening laws here in the city, we need to look at a stronger, more kind of law-based, educationally-based ethics system that really, truly is around enforcement. and not what we witnessed in the past, which is somewhat of a circus. i think violating ethical laws
so i think that is one the issues and improving our good government and ethic laws in san francisco. >> miss breed, would you like to address the question? do you want me to repeat it? >> yes. >> sure. a recent chief civil grand jury report, at the request of supervisor campos the city conducted a comparison of laws identifying ways our ethic laws could be strengthened. as supervisor, what would you propose if anything to strength the ethic laws? >> i'm really happy...
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the state department believes that austin was detained by the syrian government. >>> then a shootout leaves one border patrol agent dead and another hurt tonight. police are out there, the fbi, they are all searching for clues. nickelous ivy died. the fbi says there was more than one shooter and the last time we had a boarden agent killed, you have to go back to -- border agent killed, you have to go back to 2010. >>> the iphone 5 is out and it comes with a price tag of hundreds of dollars. but that's just how much you'll pay for the phone. coming up next, the extra expenses you may come up with when upgrading your phone to the latest and greatest. >> check out our abc2news weather app. >> and have you started thinking about holiday shopping? you may end up spending moniliases year, but some -- more than last year, but some store owners could be up for -- >>> retailers have expecting some big things out of this holiday shopping season. holiday sales are expected to be up 4% over last year. consumers are expected to use mobile and social options to do more shopping. so sales at brick
the state department believes that austin was detained by the syrian government. >>> then a shootout leaves one border patrol agent dead and another hurt tonight. police are out there, the fbi, they are all searching for clues. nickelous ivy died. the fbi says there was more than one shooter and the last time we had a boarden agent killed, you have to go back to -- border agent killed, you have to go back to 2010. >>> the iphone 5 is out and it comes with a price tag of...
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but when the government insurance plan for patient care it cannot provide. >> he claims he was doing minor surgical operations on patients in nursing homes but he was not accurate -- he was not. larry shows how easy it is to cheat. he was barred from billing medicaid in 2007. he did not stop. days alter, he was -- later, he awwas back at it. he was paid for 18 visits to a patient. it is a podiatrist. patient is a double amputee. he was not syncopations said he did not know that. >> how was he able to keep for so long? >> this doctor had the program integrity for medicare and medicaid. the large number who refers to -- 4.5 million medicare claims filed every date. in new edified command center and system r on line to better investigate suspicious claims. critics complain the systems are too expensive. what we want to find the people doing these schemes and doin things to submit claims that should not get paid you are getting. >> he and his wife still on a million-dollar house but he is not there. home for him for the next four years -- a federal prison in western maryland. the result
but when the government insurance plan for patient care it cannot provide. >> he claims he was doing minor surgical operations on patients in nursing homes but he was not accurate -- he was not. larry shows how easy it is to cheat. he was barred from billing medicaid in 2007. he did not stop. days alter, he was -- later, he awwas back at it. he was paid for 18 visits to a patient. it is a podiatrist. patient is a double amputee. he was not syncopations said he did not know that. >>...
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the mexican government has a cooperation agreement with the united states government. there is also, of course, that big overarching issue of whether all of this is connected to fast and furious. we don't know the answer to whether it is. in the case of brian terry, two firearms were located at the scene. and traced back to operation fast and furious. in this case, authorities say no firearms were found at the scene. however, that ivie case is attracting attention on the hill. republican senator charles grassley, the point man in the senate on operation fast and furious, put out a letter stating the obvious saying, there is no way to know at this point how the agent was killed, but because of operation fast and furious, we're going to wonder for years if the guns used in the killing along the border were part of an ill advised gun walking strategy. >> joe johns reporting live for us this morning. >>> stars of the hit '80s movie "the princess bride" are planning a reunion for the 25th anniversary. awesome. showbiz headlines next. ♪ ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps
the mexican government has a cooperation agreement with the united states government. there is also, of course, that big overarching issue of whether all of this is connected to fast and furious. we don't know the answer to whether it is. in the case of brian terry, two firearms were located at the scene. and traced back to operation fast and furious. in this case, authorities say no firearms were found at the scene. however, that ivie case is attracting attention on the hill. republican...
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the first of three debates focusn the two men will on the economy and health care of government and governing. l have an in-8 wil depth report in a few minutes. here is and will foster. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. fog and low visibility. goveling on i-95, stop and ocoquan continuing on n lines athree ope from the earlier crash, but still a slow go. maryland, all of your lanes open on 270, but a slow beltway.the an accident on the bw parkway mill road. away anytimeing soon? >> not really. ephod buzzer has been expanded, -- defoges the entire advisory has been expanded. includes the entire metro area. take a look at fairfax. that is definitely a foggy .tart slow to burn off. cloudy. mostly to 86. >> thank you for watching. at 8:56.news update [ cheers and applause ] >>> big crowd here in times square. remember that great, great movie "vacation." chevy chase, beverly beanged'an. they are getting back together here. >> i love that movie. that was always a classic. our new series of reunions kicks off tomorrow. we teamed up with our friends at "entertainment weekly." get ready to see the
the first of three debates focusn the two men will on the economy and health care of government and governing. l have an in-8 wil depth report in a few minutes. here is and will foster. >> thank you. good morning, everyone. fog and low visibility. goveling on i-95, stop and ocoquan continuing on n lines athree ope from the earlier crash, but still a slow go. maryland, all of your lanes open on 270, but a slow beltway.the an accident on the bw parkway mill road. away anytimeing soon?...
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government investigators say some are illegally labeled and lack the recommended scientific evidence to back up their health claims. the report found problems with 20% of the products they bought online. the fda is considering asking for congress for more oversight powers. >>> birth rates nationwide have fallen for the fourth year in a row. the decline was 1%. but something different last year, a steep decline in hispanic birth rates and a new low in teen births. analysts say the decline is proof the weak economy is causing some people to think twice about having children. >> kids are expensive. i think we all know that. >>> speaking of children, i want to say a quick happy birthday to caylee who is turning 8 years old today. liked us on our facebook page. >> leap birthday. >> 8 years old. >> big day for her. >> fun age. >> i'm trying think if i remember being 8. >> i don't remember it myself. >> 8 is good. almost a big kid. >> happy birthday to you. weather forecast real quick. warm, humid start. lots of fog. that will be the big story early. sunshine this afternoon, along with warm
government investigators say some are illegally labeled and lack the recommended scientific evidence to back up their health claims. the report found problems with 20% of the products they bought online. the fda is considering asking for congress for more oversight powers. >>> birth rates nationwide have fallen for the fourth year in a row. the decline was 1%. but something different last year, a steep decline in hispanic birth rates and a new low in teen births. analysts say the...
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we don't need the government to do anything. >> right. >> we just need the government to make sure that there are no bad players. >> but, jim, for a while, we weren't -- there was a stated intention to not add to infrastructure for hydrocarbon based energy. that's where we were four years ago. we had to get completely reject that notion. do it now. >> with respect to natural gas, it's all privately funded. it's not government funded. >> right. okay. >>> we've got to run. we're going to come back shortly. when we come back, we're going to talk baseball and politics after the break. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to ameri
we don't need the government to do anything. >> right. >> we just need the government to make sure that there are no bad players. >> but, jim, for a while, we weren't -- there was a stated intention to not add to infrastructure for hydrocarbon based energy. that's where we were four years ago. we had to get completely reject that notion. do it now. >> with respect to natural gas, it's all privately funded. it's not government funded. >> right. okay. >>>...
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we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the last five years, no other energy company has invested more in the us than bp. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. today, our commitment to the gulf, and to america, has never been stronger. get a free 6-inch sub of your choice when you buy any 6-inch sub and any drink before 9am. that's right! buy any 6-inch subway sub and any drink before 9am to get your free 6-inch sub. october only, so hurry in! to get your free 6-inch sub. stop by walmart this saturday. wireless. take a one-minute demo of our new lg optimus zip. for every demo we'll donate one dollar to make-a-wish. up to one million dollars. visit one-minute-one-million-dot-com to find a participa
we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the last five years, no other energy company has invested more in the us than bp....